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2025 Best Physics Schools in Iowa

3 Colleges in Iowa
128 Physics Degrees Awarded
$52,956 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in physics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #68 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Physics Schools in Iowa ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 128 degrees in physics annually.

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Choosing a Great Physics School

Best Physics Schools in Iowa The physics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physics rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for physics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

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Bachelor's Degrees in Physics
Master's Degrees in Physics
Doctor's Degrees in Physics

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Physics Schools in Iowa list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Physics in Iowa

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the physics degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Iowa Schools in Physics

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In IA
31 Physics Degrees Awarded

Iowa State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in physics. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Ames. This university ranks 2nd out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.

There were about 31 physics students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
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University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IA
32 Physics Degrees Awarded

University of Iowa is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in physics. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.

There were about 32 physics students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year.

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3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In IA
25.0% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Northern Iowa if you want to pursue a degree in physics. UNI is a medium-sized public university located in the small city of Cedar Falls. This university ranks 3rd out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.

There were approximately 8 physics students who graduated with this degree at UNI in the most recent data year.

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Best Physics Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Physics Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 284 236
Missouri 283 134
Kansas 266 84
Nebraska 238 69
North Dakota 210 23
South Dakota 204 24

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One of 8 majors within the Physical Sciences area of study, Physics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Physics Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Physics 120
Condensed Matter & Materials Physics 6
Nuclear Physics 2

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 217
Geological & Earth Sciences 58
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 20
Astronomy & Astrophysics 10

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